Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding ... University and the University of Florence in Italy, relied on genetic material preserved for ...

The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was ... After the eruption, bodies of the victims at Pompeii were famously preserved in a protective shell of ash before they eventually decayed.

From ancient Roman structures under homes to Viking jewelry in a wetland, here are some of the latest archaeological ...

Italian culture minister Alessandro ... Since the mid 1800s, the voids left by the bodies have been filled with plaster to recreate their final moments. Pompeii remains a well-preserved ...

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced the discovery of ancient murals that shed light on ...